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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/src/erl_lint.erl b/lib/stdlib/src/erl_lint.erl
index 0c2d3db8ec..cfb9f0ca98 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/src/erl_lint.erl
+++ b/lib/stdlib/src/erl_lint.erl
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
%%
%% %CopyrightBegin%
%%
-%% Copyright Ericsson AB 1996-2010. All Rights Reserved.
+%% Copyright Ericsson AB 1996-2011. All Rights Reserved.
%%
%% The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
%% Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ value_option(Flag, Default, On, OnVal, Off, OffVal, Opts) ->
(_Opt, Def) -> Def
end, Default, Opts).
+%% The maximum number of arguments allowed for a function.
+
+-define(MAX_ARGUMENTS, 255).
+
%% The error and warning info structures, {Line,Module,Descriptor},
%% are kept in their seperate fields in the lint state record together
%% with the name of the file (when a new file is entered, marked by
@@ -226,6 +230,9 @@ format_error({obsolete_guard, {F, A}}) ->
io_lib:format("~p/~p obsolete", [F, A]);
format_error({reserved_for_future,K}) ->
io_lib:format("atom ~w: future reserved keyword - rename or quote", [K]);
+format_error({too_many_arguments,Arity}) ->
+ io_lib:format("too many arguments (~w) - "
+ "maximum allowed is ~w", [Arity,?MAX_ARGUMENTS]);
%% --- patterns and guards ---
format_error(illegal_pattern) -> "illegal pattern";
format_error(illegal_bin_pattern) ->
@@ -1307,13 +1314,18 @@ define_function(Line, Name, Arity, St0) ->
true ->
add_error(Line, {redefine_function,NA}, St1);
false ->
- St2 = St1#lint{defined=gb_sets:add_element(NA, St1#lint.defined)},
- case imported(Name, Arity, St2) of
- {yes,_M} -> add_error(Line, {define_import,NA}, St2);
- no -> St2
+ St2 = function_check_max_args(Line, Arity, St1),
+ St3 = St2#lint{defined=gb_sets:add_element(NA, St2#lint.defined)},
+ case imported(Name, Arity, St3) of
+ {yes,_M} -> add_error(Line, {define_import,NA}, St3);
+ no -> St3
end
end.
+function_check_max_args(Line, Arity, St) when Arity > ?MAX_ARGUMENTS ->
+ add_error(Line, {too_many_arguments,Arity}, St);
+function_check_max_args(_, _, St) -> St.
+
%% clauses([Clause], VarTable, State) -> {VarTable, State}.
clauses(Cs, Vt, St) ->